Tricia Medrano Bridges

Live Your Life With Joy Before Time is Up Years ago, I began my career as a nonprofit professional while raising three active young boys. While nonprofits usually mean you work as many […]

Unexpected Friendships From a Cookbook It’s sunny and very hot day today, beds made, meals cooked, house cleaned up, now what? Well, in my house all too often, it signals “all cle […]

The Time is Now Well, here we are, the much-anticipated season of summer. Time to pack up for family get-a-ways, summer camp and cook outs every week. If you live […]

You Can’t Find Peace Until You Find the Pieces “You Can’t Find Peace Until You Find the Pieces” is more than simply the title of this article. From a TV series called The Locator, it is also a […]

MY SEASON OF JOY Years ago, grabbing a coffee in the break room at work, I walked into a conversation about a coworker who had driven to work in a new flashy sports […]

NO NEW YEAR’S GOALS FOR ME! Well, here we are, well into the new year with our holidays behind us. It kind of reminds me of the old Mac Davis song “Texas in My Rear View M […]

Out With the Old and In With the New Every year as December arrives and January can be seen on the horizon, we often hear the expression “out with the old and in with the new!” Don […]

When Stress Hits, Have the Time of Your Life Remember when you were young and the most exciting time of the year seemed to be fall? That first morning you opened the door to head out but then […]

It’s Never Too Early To Bring Hope To The World One day in 2011, I grabbed a cup of coffee and watched the morning news. Living in a large city, checking the traffic flow becomes a must do before […]

Find Your Way How does one encourage themselves to move forward after loss or trauma? How does one move forward after failure or disappointment? I guess if I […]

STRIVE TO BE A LIGHT What does it mean to be a mom? When I was a little girl being a mom most often meant staying home and caring for the children, husband and house. […]

GROW WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED Standards Decades before ever hearing the name Martha Stewart, my mother Faye was a “Martha Stewart.” Regardless how busy my mother was rai […]

WHEN THE LULLABY PLAYS Monday, June 1st was a day just like all the others except for one thing, a sense of sadness that seemed to fill my heart and mind. I had no idea […]

WOW Do I Need a Break!! I’m tired, I’m overwhelmed, I need a break!  Life has always had the ability to be overwhelming at times but it seems now, with text messages, emai […]

Roots It is said that a “Wild Fig” tree in the Echo Caves of South Africa has the deepest roots of any tree on earth. Roots that were planted so long ago […]

Just Let It Go Many times in life we run into situations where someone might offer the advice: “Just let it go.”  Perhaps a child broke our favorite toy and mom, […]

“A strong woman knows she has strength but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong.”  -Unknown
History has often recorded stories of women they called “strong women”- […]

With the very first sign of leaves turning to the colors of fall, I begin thinking of family, food and making great holiday memories. I can close my eyes and see plates of mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, […]

Today, I am a mother of grown sons, a grandmother and a great grandmother. Looking back, I recall things that I did or, better yet, didn’t do and wonder how could I have done better. In general, I believe we b […]

“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.”

Bob Marley

In January, in a conversation with a friend I was asked, “What is your word for this year?” Although I knew several […]